Orthodox movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant orthodox movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out orthodox, serious, realistic, bleak, captivating and weird films and TV shows about / with religion, society, death, redemption, murder, church, christianity, culture clash, storytelling and love plots mostly in Drama, Romance and History genres shot in Russia, France, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as orthodox: The Island (2006), Tsar (2009), Taramani (2017), Andrei Rublev (1966), The Sacrifice (1986), The Decalogue (1989), Repentance (1984), The Miracle (2009), Evil Rising (2008), Man of God (2021).
List of orthodox movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, cerebral, spiritual, breathtaking ...
Plot:
religion, christian, redemption, forgiveness, monk, life philosophy, loneliness, church, island, philosophy, solitude, monastery ...
Time:
2000s, year 1976, 70s, 1940s, year 1942 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In 16th-century Russia in the grip of chaos, Ivan the Terrible strongly believes he is vested with a holy mission. Believing he can understand and interpret the signs, he sees the Last Judgment approaching. He establishes absolute power, cruelly ...
Style:
atmospheric, epic, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
russian history, royal court, head of state, political unrest, dishonesty, ambition, corrupted ruler, rebelliousness, political corruption, clergy, christianity, mental illness ...
Time:
16th century, year 2009
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An orthodox youngster and a free-spirited lady fall in love, only to understand that they are different in all aspects of life. How do they realise their complex requirements and mistakes?
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
relationships, love, independent woman, character study, opposites attract, love story, social problems, couples, cultural difference, relationship problems, male female relationship, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses ...
Style:
breathtaking, atmospheric, philosophical, black and white, art house ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
painter, artist, art, religion, monk, biopic, medieval, human spirit, christianity, painting, hunger, saint ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, year 1966 ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, ussr, moscow russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Style:
cerebral, atmospheric, philosophical, art house, slow cinema ...
Plot:
insanity, existentialism, spirituality, religion, female nudity, distopia, art, dialogue, philosophy, god, post apocalypse, mental disorder ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, europe, russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the Ten Commandments. ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, breathtaking, cerebral, depressing ...
Plot:
philosophy, morality, christianity, spirituality, christian, love, depression, death, ten commandments, renaissance, religious, catholic ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, 80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, iraq, syria, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
The day after the funeral of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, his corpse turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is ...
Style:
dark comedy, parody, orthodox, independent film, captivating ...
Plot:
communism, totalitarianism, satire, rebellion, injustice, knight, surrealism, funeral, nightmare, symbolism, trial, cold war ...
Place:
soviet union, georgia, caucasus, ussr, russia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film is based on real events that took place in Samara in 1956 and known as the "Standing Zoe." During the holiday girl, without waiting her betrothed, removes the icon from the wall and Nicholas begins to dance with her, but suddenly ...
Style:
bleak, depressing, sad, rough, orthodox
Plot:
miraculous event, religion and supernatural, blasphemy, ideology, materialism, newspaper reporter, priest, mother daughter relationship, birthday, turned to stone, female nudity, female pubic hair ...
Place:
ussr
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in ...
Style:
atmospheric, scary, disturbing, intense, harsh ...
Plot:
redemption, medieval, ghost, supernatural, brother brother relationship, gay, guilt, folk horror, haunted by the past, rural setting, swamp, remorse ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 2008
Place:
finland, europe, russia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, smart ...
Plot:
saint, meaning of life, christian, religious, religion, christianity, religious faith, defamation, preacher, teaching the ways of the world, accusation, suffering ...
Time:
19th century, 1920s, 1900s, 1890s, 1910s
Place:
tibet, greece, egypt, europe, athens greece ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Israel
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Haim-Aaron is a bright, ultra-orthodox religious scholar living in Jerusalem. His talents and devotion are envied by all. One evening, following a self-imposed fast, Haim-Aaron collapses and loses consciousness. The paramedics announce his death, ...
Style:
suspense, serious, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
jewish family, father son relationship, nightmare, fasting, resurrection, loss of faith, religion, near death experience, reanimation, backfire, parent child relationship, dream ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
jerusalem, israel, palestine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as ...
Style:
anthology, serious, realistic, contemplative, suspense ...
Plot:
buddhism, atheism, hinduism, religion, faith, religions or cults, society, christianity, islam, clergy, spirituality, belief ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
serbia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In an alternate reality of present day Israel, a Haredi wheeler-dealer named Broide makes his living smuggling minor contraband between the secular “State of Israel” and the ultra-Orthodox “Haredi Autonomy” in Jerusalem. One day he receives ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, tense, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
dystopia, kidnapping, alternate reality, child abduction, religious conflict, social problems, family problems, social issues, relationships, changing lives, life is a bitch, love interest ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem, tel aviv israel, middle east
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her ...
Style:
political, erotic, realistic, atmospheric, anthology ...
Plot:
love affair, monk, civil war, terrorist, photograph, social commentary, violence, wartime, islam, politics, muslim, murder ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
macedonia, former yugoslavia, london, bosnia, england ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the final years of the World War II, Finnish sergeant Myllykoski and his fellow soldiers are forced to join the notorious Waffen-SS on a mission to find a mythical medieval chalice in the Soviet Union.
Style:
bleak, dark, psychological, suspense, art house ...
Plot:
world war two, moral ambiguity, eastern front, survival, ethics, treasure hunt, nationalism, desperation, danger, faith, death, vatican ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
finland, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In 15th Century Russia, the last Byzantium Princess, Sophia Palaiologina, moves from Rome to distant Moscow to marry Czar Ivan III. Destined to become the first influential female figure of the Russian Empire, Sophia overcomes court intrigue and ...
Style:
captivating, serious, stylized, atmospheric, orthodox ...
Plot:
medieval, historical figure, marriage of convenience, head of state, strong female character, husband wife relationship, rise to the top, historical event, politics, family relations, state affairs, political unrest ...
Time:
15th century, 17th century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Alex, a Greek Orthodox schoolteacher, falls for Lebanese Muslim lawyer, Eve. The relationship is forbidden by both families, and thus the emotional dilemma of 'Alex and Eve' is created.
Style:
orthodox
Plot:
interfaith relationship, passionate kiss, greek, interracial love relationship, multiculturalism, wedding, teacher, male full rear nudity, love story, school, male nudity, muslim ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, War
Country: Russia, Serbia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
1999, Serbia is bombed and Kosovo region is left for plunder by bandits under command of Albanian warlord, Smuk. The removal of the human organs take place within the territories bandits have taken, the robberies, mass assassinations and genocide. ...
Style:
tense, orthodox, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot:
terrorism, friendship, nato, hopes, politics, swat team, balkan war, civil war, female soldier, hostage, society, muslim ...
Time:
90s
Place:
former yugoslavia, serbia, albania, kosovo, bosnia
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
During a beautiful summer, Ivan, a young Russian arriving in Paris, lives in extreme precariousness. Without money, isolated, deprived of everything, victim of general indifference, even rejected by his Orthodox community, he soon left the big city ...
Style:
homoerotic, psychotronic, multicultural, crying, avant garde ...
Plot:
lgbt, haunted by the past, older man younger man relationship, gay cruising, promiscuous woman, blond boy, gay, immigration, prostitute, gay subtext, immigrant, prostitution ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the liberation in 1946, in a village in western Macedonia implemented collectivization farms. The President of the rural cooperative Stamat, former fighter, who with all their revolutionary zeal and enthusiasm believes collectivization only ...
Style:
orthodox, epic
Plot:
partisan, mountain, killing an animal, rejection, horse, girl, liberation, party, blood, fear, church, peasant ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1946
Place:
former yugoslavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a haredi family in Jerusalem. Shulem Schtisel the father of a large family is dealing with his younger son who he wants to see married soon. His daughter, Giti is dealing in secret with marital problems while his other son Zvi Arie ...
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, serious, mysterious ...
Plot:
jewish family, jewish culture, orthodox jew, family relations, parents and children, dating, looking for love, religions or cults, society, love and romance, unfulfillment, retirement home ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel, jerusalem
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harrison Lloyd is a Pulitzer-winning photojournalist. His wife and family are making it hard for him to keep his mind on his work when he's in a war zone, and he wants to change jobs to something less stressful. But he's got one last ...
Style:
brutal, disturbing, suspense, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genocide, journalism, missing person, violence, murder, photograph, photojournalist, photographer, civil war, blood, battles, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, balkan, eastern europe, europe, serbia ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.
Style:
teen, cult classic, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, youth, dance, small town, love and romance, music, dancer's life, rebelliousness, rebellion, artists and showbiz, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1984, 70s, 20th century
Place:
utah, pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
Style:
inspirational, black and white, retro, philosophical, existential ...
Plot:
greek, friendship, village, dancing, mentor, writers, bittersweet, culture clash, death, depression, book, philosophy ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
greece, ancient greece, europe, balkan, macedonia ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
It is the word "horde" that had meant, for many countries and nations, bloody raids and being under humilating contribution for centuries - a strange and scary world with its own rules and customs. To be or not to be for Rus (Ruthenia), ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, epic ...
Plot:
hopes, medieval, mongol empire, royal court, danger, imaginary, escapades, evil empire, curses spells and rituals, gory, unfulfillment, rise and fall ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
asia, russia, mongolia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Style:
sexy, humorous, witty, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
sex, sexual fantasy, male prostitute, friendship, partner, unrequited love, milf, money problems, mentor, pimp, fish out of water, sexual relations ...
Time:
2010s, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, ireland, california ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A beautifully affecting love story that has rightly earned comparisons to Brokeback Mountain, Haim Tabakman's potent yet impeccably restrained tale has won awards and accolades at film festivals the world over. Aaron, a pillar in ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, erotic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gay love, gay, forbidden love, first gay sexual experience, closeted homosexual, married man, gay sex, gay bashing, gay student, judaism, homosexuality, infatuation ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem, palestine, middle east, persia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Belgium
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, realistic, lgbt cinema, bleak ...
Plot:
convent, nun, lesbian interest, culture clash, friendship, traditional versus modern, society, danger, clergy, lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian nun ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In medieval Serbia, a young monk, a master of herbal medicine, grabs the attention of warlord's wife.
Style:
light, orthodox
Plot:
monk, church, forbidden love, ancient, medieval, nudity, help, starvation, hiding place, horse, doctor, medicine ...
Time:
medieval times, 14th century
Place:
serbia, balkan
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